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# Turret

The rotating housing for the gun, whose armor and traverse speed decide how a vehicle fights from cover.

Also known as turreted, turretless.

A turret lets a vehicle aim without turning its hull, which keeps its front toward the enemy and its [dispersion](/glossary/dispersion.md) low. Its own [armor](/glossary/armor-thickness.md) is usually the thickest on the vehicle, since it is what shows over a [ridge](/glossary/ridge-line.md).

Turretless vehicles [trade](/glossary/trading.md) that for a bigger gun or a smaller profile. They aim within a fixed arc and turn the whole hull for anything outside it, which is slower and widens the [aiming circle](/glossary/aiming-circle.md).

## Related terms

[Gun arcThe horizontal span a gun can cover without turning the hull, on vehicles that have no rotating turret.](/glossary/gun-arc.md)[Hull downSitting behind a rise so only the turret is exposed, using gun depression to shoot over it while the hull stays protected.](/glossary/hull-down.md)[Turret traverseHow fast the turret rotates, in degrees per second, independent of the ground the vehicle is standing on.](/glossary/turret-traverse.md)[CupolaThe raised commander's hatch on top of a turret, often the only part of a hull down vehicle that can be hit.](/glossary/cupola.md)

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